Climate averages 1991–2020
Xining weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Xining: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qiaotou (35 km away). In April its highs average 12.3°C, 2.2°C cooler than Xining, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xining ranks joint 777th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 138th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Xining is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Xining climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.1°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 3.2 | 1.2 | 10.010 h |
| February | 3.6°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 5.0 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 8.7°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 15 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.6°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 30 | 6.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 18.4°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 54 | 9.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 21.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 66 | 11.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 23.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 81 | 12.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 22.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 85 | 13.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 87 | 14.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 12.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 41 | 9.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 6.3°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 9.3 | 2.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 1.3°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 9.710 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Qiaotou in AprilChina · 35 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Nianbo in AprilChina · 61 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in AprilChina · 126 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Wuwei in AprilChina · 164 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in AprilChina · 173 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Lanzhou in AprilChina · 197 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 5.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Jinchang in AprilChina · 212 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Baiyin in AprilChina · 216 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 18 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Xining) is explained once on the Xining year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.